Pre-chapter Conversation

"Hey, I just thought of something." I said.

"What?" Izzy asked.

"You know how when Tails goes fast, he spins his tails?"

"Yeah…" The hedgy nodded.

"Well, it seems to me that he drags his feet whenever he does that. I'd imagine his toes would be hurting."

"Well ask him about it later! We gotta start the next chapter."

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The Adventures of Izzy the Hedgehog

Chapter Four

Abduction!

"Izzy! Where are ya!.?" Sonic yelled as he ran all over Station Square.

"Izzy!" Tails called out as he flew in the Tornado.

The two searched all over the city for hours, coming up empty handed. They soon met up in the park.

"Where could he have gone?" Tails asked.

Sonic was racking his brain, trying to come up with a logical solution. One that didn't include HIM. Coming up with nothing, he sighed.

"It's pretty obvious, don't ya think?" He answered. "He was captured." Tails gasped.

"You mean…?"

"Yeah." Sonic nodded before growling. "Eggman."

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"Ugh… I get knocked out way too much." Izzy groaned as he opened his eyes. He tried to move, but his arms and legs wouldn't budge.

"What the—?" He looked at his limbs. They were bound by shackles. He struggled to get free.

"The doctor will be with you shortly." A mechanical voice said. Izzy stopped struggling.

"Doctor? But I'm not sick…"

He looked around the room. It was dark and there were many computers around. They were all on and buzzing with activity. One screen had what seemed to be a silhouette of him as well as all kinds of figures and charts. Izzy struggled again.

"There's gotta be a way outta here." He then noticed the Dragon Emerald. He sweatdropped. "I would slap my forehead if my arms were free. Hope this works. Chaos Control!"

The Dragon Emerald glowed brightly as did Izzy's body. He disappeared and reappeared on the side of the table he was strapped to. He rubbed his wrists and ankles.

"Glad to be outta there, but where am I? How'd I get here?"

Memories of the night before played in his mind.

"Oh right. I was kidnapped by whatever grabbed me. Those eyes… They looked incredibly familiar. Like I saw them many times before."

He walked over to a nearby computer. On the screen were seven diamond-shaped objects; the Chaos Emeralds. One of them, the green one, was dimmed. It was like that screen served as a checklist of sorts.

"What's going on here?"

Just then, the sound of an electronic door opening was heard. Heavy footsteps were also heard. Izzy's ears went up at the sound and he whipped his head towards the source of the sound. His eyes widened as he saw the figure approaching.

"So you can use Chaos Control." The huge figure said, chuckling evilly. Izzy's eyes were still wide. "I don't know how you can use it without a Chaos Emerald, but it must have to do with that thing around your neck."

He pointed at the hedgehog's emerald. Izzy's body was stiff. He couldn't move at all. The figure chuckled again.

"I see my reputation precedes me. No matter. You must have a lot of power within you. Even more than Sonic, I'd wager."

The man moved towards Izzy. The hedgehog blinked as the figure entered the light. Black boots, black pants, red jacket, sunglasses, and the biggest mustache he ever seen. It was very clear who this was, Izzy found his voice.

"D-D-Doctor…" He said. He broke into a grin.

"I'm the world's greatest genius. Dr.—"

"ROBOTNIK!.!.!.!" Izzy yelled as he jumped and clung to the evil doctor. "Oh my God! It's really you! You're one of my favorite characters of all time! I can't believe I'm really talking to the Dr. Ivo Robotnik!"

Robotnik sweatdropped.

"I have a fan?"

"You bet!" Izzy replied as he jumped down. He reached into his vest and took out a book. "Can I have your autograph, please?"

He handed the autograph book to Ivo, who sweatdropped even more. Robotnik took out a pen and signed his full name on a blank page. He handed it back to Izzy, who still had a toothy grin on his face.

"Oh thank you, thank you, thank you!.!.!" He yelled as he put the book away. "I can't wait to tell the boss I got Dr. Robotnik's autograph!"

"'Boss?'" Robotnik asked.

"The author." Izzy replied.

"Ohhhh…"

Just then, the door opened again.

"Hey Eggman, did you get the kid to talk yet?" A woman asked as she too stepped into the light. Izzy gasped and felt his face go red.

"Rouge?" He got another grin. "Rouge the Bat!" He ran up to her and grabbed a glove. "It's a pleasure." He kissed her hand. Rouge sweatdropped.

"Am I supposed to know you?" She asked.

"I'm Izzy. Izzy the Hedgehog." He took out his autograph book. "Can I get your autograph and maybe your number?"

"I oughta slap you for that last one, but I'll sign your book, although I don't know why you'd want my autograph for." Rouge said as she took the book & Robotnik's pen. She scribbled her signature down.

At that very second, the door opened one more time.

"So, he's up." A sinister voice said. Izzy's eyes widened as the dark figure approached.

"Sh-Sh-Sh-Sh-Sh-Sh-Sh-SHADOW!.!.! It's really truly Shadow!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!"

Izzy bolted and grabbed Shadow's hands, shaking them firmly. Shadow growled, but Izzy didn't notice.

"You're my favorite character of all time! I can't believe I've finally met you!.!.! Can I get your autograph, PLEASE!.?.!.?.!.?.!.?.!"

"I would, but you're CRUSHING MY HANDS!.!.!.!.!" Shadow roared. Izzy let go of the dark hedgehog. Shadow snatched the autograph book out of Izzy's hands and grabbed the pen from Rouge.

"Could you make it out to Izzy, your greatest fan that ever lived?"

"God, I've heard of fan girls, but fan boys!.?" Shadow grumbled as he wrote. He shoved the book back in Izzy's hands and the hedgehog put it away.

"Wow… I'm standing in the same room as three of my favorite characters…" Izzy sighed contently as he looked around the room. He kept his eyes on Shadow most of the time.

"Characters? What are ya talking about, kid?" Rouge asked.

"In my dimension, you guys are video game characters, along with Sonic."

The evil doctor and two furries sweatdropped and stared wide eyed at Izzy.

"Video—" Ivo started.

"Game—" Rouge continued.

"Characters?" Shadow finished. Izzy nodded.

"Yep."

"Wait a minute. You came from another dimension?" Robotnik asked.

"Yep. For a guy with an I.Q. of three hundred, you're pretty slow on the uptake, huh?" Dr. Robotnik blinked.

"H-How do you know that?" He asked. Izzy sighed and told them everything about his dimension and how he ended up in their dimension. Dr. Robotnik grinned.

'That emerald must allow cross-dimensional travel.' He thought as he looked at Izzy's emerald. 'If I can get it, I can travel to other dimensions and Sonic won't be able to stop me from taking over them!'

"Uhhh Izzy, is it?" Ivo started. Izzy turned to him. "Uhhh... I was wondering if I can look at the emerald around your neck."

"You mean my Dragon Emerald?" Izzy asked. Robotnik nodded eagerly. "Sorry. No can do. I'm not supposed to take my emerald off for any reason whatsoever." Ivo fumed.

"Why you little—!"

And he made to grab the emerald. As soon as a gloved hand touched it, the Master Emerald glowed and crackled with electricity.

°BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZTPT!.!.!.!.!.!.!°

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!" Dr. Robotnik screamed as the electricity went through his body. Izzy wasn't affected. The three furries were able to see his skeleton. Robotnik's shrieking went on for a few more minutes before he let go and collapsed on the floor, his body blackened and twitching the whole time.

"Oooooh. That's gotta hurt!" Rouge said.

"Wow. Cool…" Izzy added. "Now I know what they mean by 'big boned.'"

Shadow was growling at the fact that someone was possibly more powerful than him. He couldn't let this unknown hedgehog get the glory. Not for anything in the world!

"You!" He pointed at Izzy. "Hand over the emerald right now or you will face dire consequences!" Izzy shrugged.

"I already told you. I can't take it off." Shadow smirked.

"Then you leave me no choice."

And he pulled out the green Chaos Emerald. Izzy gasped then zoomed past Shadow, grabbing the emerald in the process. Shadow blinked and looked at him with a glare.

"Wow! A real life Chaos Emerald!" Izzy yelled as he affectionally rubbed his face against the jewel. "My precious. My sweet precious."

Shadow was absolutely livid now.

"Give me back my emerald." He growled. Izzy didn't seem to listen. Shadow glared at him coldly as his body started to glow orange. He held his hand out towards the violet hedgehog.

"Chaos Spear!"

Orange spears of energy shot out towards Izzy. Izzy was about to pick a name for the emerald when he noticed the spears. Thinking fast, he back-flipped out of the way.

"What was that about?" He asked the glaring Shadow as Dr. Robotnik picked himself up.

"What is he doing with the emerald?.! Get him!" He yelled. Rouge and Shadow advanced on Izzy, who started backing up.

"H-H-Hey, we're all friends here, right?" He said nervously.

"Sorry cutey, but we need that emerald." Rouge said with a mischievous tone in her voice.

"Just hand the emerald over nice and slowly." Shadow said.

"But it's such a pretty emerald." Izzy said. "It matches my eyes." Everybody else sweatdropped.

"But your eyes are brown." Rouge pointed out.

"Then my vest." He rolled his eyes. "Anyway, gotta go!"

With that, Izzy zoomed out of the room.

"After him!" Robotnik ordered as he pulled down a lever that read, "Pull in case of high speed hedgehogs (that aren't Shadow)."

The alarms started blaring as Izzy skated down a corridor. He skated to a fork and went right. He skated for a few minutes before panels in the walls opened and fired lasers.

"Oh crap!" He yelled as he weaved around the beams. He got through the lasers and went down another corridor.

"Whew! That was close."

He then gasped as he noticed some E-1000 units ahead. Their lasers were charging up. Izzy jumped up and wall jumped higher and forward, dodging the lasers. When he got close enough, he jumped and landed behind the E-1000 robots.

"Hi yah!" He yelled as he jumped up and used his Homing Attack before any of the robots can turn around. After dispatching the robots, Izzy looked at the emerald.

"Man… All this trouble for a Chaos Emerald."

Guns started firing on him. Izzy pocketed the emerald and started skating again. In this new corridor, he saw a loop that went up a path that went into a spiral. It seemed to go into a higher level of Robotnik's base.

"Maybe I can get outta here through the top."

He skated forward. He didn't get too far though as Rouge flew in the air in front of him. Izzy skidded to a stop.

"Hi Rougey Poo!" Rouge cringed at the pet name.

"'Rougey Poo?'"

"It's cute, don't ya think?"

"Uhhh… No. Now fork over the emerald and come with me!"

"I got a better idea. Why don't you and me blow this popsicle stand, doll?"

Rouge was seething now.

"DOLL!.?.!"

"Uh-huh." Izzy nodded with hearts in his eyes. Rouge had fire in her eyes, and they weren't flames of passion!

"No one, and I mean no one, calls me 'doll' and gets away with it!" She landed on the floor and got in a fighting stance. "Let's go!"

"But Roooooouuuuuugeeee!" Izzy pouted. "I don't wanna fight you." Rouge sweatdropped.

"Why do I always get stuck with the nutcases?" She sighed. "Well, you're gonna fight me and I'm gonna beat ya senseless!"

With that, she ran forward. She closed the distance between her and Izzy and let her feet do the talking. She rapidly kicked the air in front of her as she got closer and closer. Izzy started hopping backwards to avoid her lethal feet.

"Rouge! I—°Hop°—don't—°Hop°—wanna have to—°Hop°—hurt—°Hop°—you! °Hop° You're too hot to get hurt! OW!.!.!" He got hit after that last one and crashed against a wall. He kneeled and panted.

"I'm sick of these games!" Rouge hissed. "Give me that emerald!" Izzy shakily stood.

"No way!" He smirked. "But I can give ya a little gift."

With that, he switched off his skates and ran forward in a purple streak of light. He went around Rouge really fast, conjuring up a mini tornado and sending her flying.

"AHHHHHHHH!.!.!.!.!.!" Rouge shrieked.

"That was my one man version of the Black Tornado." Izzy smirked again.

He ran up the loop, went across the path, and up the vertical spiral.

He wound up on another floor in a dark corridor. He just kept running. He ran down the long hall for a few more minutes before he looked to his left and noticed a pair of glowing red eyes. The same eyes he saw last night! Izzy looked scared for a moment, but relaxed as they both sped into a lighted area.

"Shadow? So it was you who grabbed me last night?"

"Yeah." Shadow nodded. "I knew you were something special when I noticed that emerald of your's, but who knew that you would cause so much trouble? Now, just hand over the Chaos Emerald and surrender yourself to Dr. Eggman." Izzy cringed.

"Do ya really have to call him that?"

"Well, it is his name."

"That's just a nickname, and a stupid one at that." Izzy sighed.

"I don't have time to argue about this." Shadow said. "The emerald?" Izzy reached into his vest and took out the green Chaos Emerald. To Shadow's utter annoyance, he hugged the emerald, again!

"But Shady-wady—" Shadow almost tripped at that one, but kept skating. "—It's such a pwetty emerald! Can't I keep it, pwease?"

"NO!" Shadow yelled, not being fooled by Izzy's act. "Give me that emerald, NOW!"

"Hmph! If you're gonna act that way about it," Izzy said as he pocketed the emerald again. "Then you don't get it." He stuck his tongue out. Shadow glared.

"Why you—Chaos Spear!"

His body glowed orange as he held a hand out. Like earlier, orange spears shot out towards Izzy. They were too close for the purple hedgehog to dodge! He put his arms in front of him in a defensive position when the green emerald on the Dragon Emerald glowed. A green field of energy surrounded him and blocked Shadow's attack.

"WHAT?.!.?.!" Shadow yelled.

The green barrier disappeared as Izzy opened his eyes in surprise. He was still in one piece, running alongside Shadow.

"Uhh... Didn't you do anything?" He asked as he put his arms behind him again.

"You..."

Shadow jumped at Izzy in an attempt to slow him down. Izzy closed his fists though and increased his speed a little bit, avoiding Shadow's tackle. Izzy turned left when the hall ended and skidded to a stop. He reached a dead end!

"Well, well. End of the line, huh?" Izzy turned around and faced Shadow. "For the last time, hand over the emerald!" He started walking towards Izzy, who backed up.

"N-N-No way." He replied. Shadow chuckled.

"What's the matter? Got no remarks to make? No more baby talk?" The black hedgehog smirked. "I'm going to take great pleasure in this." He started charging energy again. Izzy looked around for a way out. Anything would do, but he didn't find anything. He turned to Shadow, who was about to fire.

"Chaos…"

"Oh no…" Izzy said, lowering his head.

Just then, the purple emerald glowed and his head shot up. His eyes were just brown, no black. It was as if he was in a trace. His body glowed brightly as he turned to the wall behind him and held up his left hand. A purple beam of energy shot out of his hand and blasted a hole in the wall.

"Spe—Ugh!" Shadow yelled as he covered his eyes to protect them from the sunlight that was pouring in through the hole. Izzy's body stopped glowing and he blinked at the new hole.

"What happened?" He asked as he faced Shadow, who was still reeling. He looked at his left hand and noticed some burns on the glove. He looked at the hole again. He could see a vast desert ahead of him. He turned to Shadow again and put on a grin.

"Did I do that?.!" He asked, imitating Urkel's voice.

Not wasting any more time, he jumped out of the hole. As he fell, he turned towards the base, which was a pyramid, and looked at the hole. Shadow was glaring at Izzy as he fell. The latter hedgehog produced the green chaos emerald and gave Shadow a salute.

"Chaos Control!" He yelled as his body glowed green and disappeared. Shadow turned from the hole and sped back to Dr. Robotnik and Rouge.

"Well?" Ivo asked as Shadow walked back in the room.

"He got away, Doctor." Shadow replied.

"And the emerald?"

"Gone."

Robotnik's face turned red. He looked ready to explode.

"It's nothing to worry about." Rouge said, stopping Robotnik.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"The kid only has one emerald. We can get the other six then worry about that one later."

"Ahhhh… That means my plan is still safe." Ivo turned to a screen in the room. This one had a humongous sphere displayed. The sphere had his face on it.

"Wait until I get my hands on that hedgehog..." Shadow growled. "It's bad enough I have competition in that faker, but this kid as well?"

"Speaking of which," Rouge started, turning to Dr. Robotnik. "What about Blue Boy? He's not just gonna let us get the other emeralds."

"Sonic better not interfere if he knows what's good for him." Dr. Robotnik replied. Shadow and Rouge rolled their eyes. "Let's go. We got plans to make."

With that, the three villains left the room.

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Post-chapter Conversation

"Wow. A decent amount of pages done for once." Izzy commented with a nod.

"Yeah…" I sighed. "Too bad it couldn't be a little longer though."

"Anyway, what about that question with Tails?" The purple one reminded.

"Ah, of course." I snapped my fingers and the kitsune in question appeared. "Tails, why don't your toes hurt when you run with your tails spinning?"

"Metal feet." The fox answered, showing Izzy and I a picture of himself with his shoes off. They're robotic feet! The feet resembled Metal Sonic's.

"That pic is so doctored." I grumbled, giving a tired look. I turned to the camera. "Anyway, what is Dr. Robotnik's plan? What will Izzy do now that he has one of the seven Chaos Emeralds? What was with those moves he used!.? Find out next time in the next thrilling chapter of The Adventures of Izzy the Hedgehog!"